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94 ❯❯ Amsterdam Area by Area

Western Canal Ring

For many, the Western Canal Ring perfectly encapsulates the
city’s relaxed yet stylish air. Construction of the Grachtengordel,
Amsterdam’s ring of four fashionable canals (see p15), began
here, with the marshy area just beyond reserved by city planner
Hendrick Staets for workers and their unpalatable industries;
Huguenot refugees who settled here were said to have named it
Jardin (Garden), later corrupted to Jordaan, and today it is one of
Amsterdam’s most fascinating districts. Its narrow streets and
oblique canals might seem random, but they followed the course
of old paths and drainage ditches. North of the Brouwersgracht
lies the revitalized district of Haarlemmerbuurt, and, further
afield, the Western Islands, created in the mid-17th century to
provide much-needed warehousing.
AREA MAP OF WESTERN CANAL RING

Top 10 Sights GALGEN-
see pp95–7 STRAAT
Restaurants NASSAU- Bickersgracht GROTE BICKERSSTR.
PLEIN
PLEIN
see p99 HAARLEMMER- Eilandsgracht W e s t e r d o k W E S T E R D O K S D I J K
The Best of the Rest
see p101
Shopping VINKENSTRAAT
see p100 M A R N I X S T R A AT WESTERDOKS-
HAARLEMMERDIJK
Bars and Cafés PALMGRACHT B R O UWE R SGR ACH T KADE
H A A R L E M M E R H O U T T U I N E N
see p98 PALMSTRAAT HAARLEMMERBUURT
K a t t e n s l o o t L IJN BAAN S G RAC HT W I L L E M S S T R A AT Brouwersgracht
FAGEL S TR AAT MAR N IX K ADE GO UD SBLOE MS TR A AT HA A R LE M M E RS TRAAT
L I N D E N G R A C H T
FREDERIK L i j n b a a n s g r a c h t LINDENSTRAAT
HENDRIK- DWARSSTR.
PLANTSOEN JORDAAN P r i n s e n g r a c h t K e i z e r s g r a c h t
KEIZERSGRACHT
2e LINDEN-
N A S S A U K A D E MARN IXST R AAT W E S T E R S T R A AT PRINSENGRACHT STRAAT HERENSTR. H e r e n g r a c h t LANGESTRAAT S i n g e l SINGEL
H E R EN GR AC HT
PRINSEN-
ANJELIERSSTRAAT
S i n g e l g r a c h t
VAN OLDENBARNEVELDTSTR LIJNBAANSGRACHT E G EL ANT IER S GR AC HT LELIE- KEIZERSGRACHT HERENGRACHT SIN G E L SINGE L
TUINSTRAAT
NIEUWEZIJDS VOORBURGWAL
BLOEMGR ACHT
GRACHT
BLOEMGRACHT HERENGRACHT SPU ISTR A AT NIEUWENDIJK
B LO E MS T R A AT R A A D H U I S S T R A AT
R O Z E N G R A C H T DAM
ROZENSTR AAT P RI N S ENG R AC H T K EI Z ER SG R AC H T
L AU RIE R S T R AAT HE RE NG R AC H T S IN G EL 0 metres 300 300
LAURIERGRACHT
0 yards
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